Guthrie Center, IA is a small rural town with a population of just over 1,000 residents. The local government is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations in the area and maintaining public safety and services. The city is currently led by Mayor John Smith, who was reelected to serve for a third term in 2020. As part of the election process, several candidates ran for mayor, but Mayor Smith was ultimately reelected with a majority of votes. During his tenure as mayor, Smith has worked to improve local infrastructure and ensure that vital public services are continued to be provided. He has also worked to create partnerships with local businesses and organizations to make Guthrie Center an attractive place to live and do business. There are no current local political candidates running for office in 50115 Guthrie Center, IA at this time.
The political climate in Zip 50115 (Guthrie Center, IA) is strongly conservative.
Guthrie County, IA is very conservative. In Guthrie County, IA 31.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Guthrie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 31.2%.
Guthrie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 50115 (Guthrie Center, IA) is strongly conservative.
Guthrie Center, Iowa is strongly conservative.
Guthrie County, Iowa is very conservative.
Des Moines-West Des Moines Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
Iowa is leaning conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Guthrie Center, Iowa: r R r R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 50115 (Guthrie Center)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $2,948 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $735 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)